Assume you have just endured what to you seems like an epic survival event – a hurricane or tornado, earthquake or even a manmade disaster. Are you prepared? Really? Does your stock of survival supplies really meet all your needs? Or is it lacking in key things you overlooked? A Civil War General once stated…
(Video) How to Make Hay Using a Compact Tractor
If you own livestock of any type, you know the importance of hay as a food supplement during the winter months. Conventional livestock feed can get really expensive and hay is one way of making sure your animals get fed without breaking your bank account. You can buy hay, but that can get expensive in…
It Turns Out That How a Person Utilizes Their Property Might be Illegal
For as long as the United States has been a nation, there has been a struggle between some form of government and what property owners can do with their land. It seems no matter where you live, some busy-body, bean-counter or technocrat is busy figuring out new ways to make sure you comply with their…
How to Cleverly Camouflage a Hidden Floor Safe
Just about all of us have valuables or other items we would not want to sacrifice to looters or thieves if we can help it. There are many options to ensuring you can safeguard these items, but almost every type of safe or secured cabinet or closet has inherent weak spots that make it vulnerable…
Garden Tools a Survivalist Can’t Live Without
Growing your own food is one way of gaining a measure of self-sufficiency, provided you have the tools you need to match the space you are growing in. You can grow some food virtually anywhere – for years, for example, I had a rooftop garden in an urban area on a spare porch roof where…
Scoring, Juggling and Hewing: How to Convert Logs to Lumber the Old Fashioned Way
Modern life has allowed us to take a lot of things for granted. One area virtually everyone takes for granted is lumber – we go to a box home improvement store, pick out the size we want, buy it, take it home and use it as we intended (hopefully). Almost none of us give any…
Activated Carbon: How to Make and Use it for Survival
Activated Carbon is charcoal that has been treated to increase its absorption properties. It is used in virtually every home in North America in some form and has many industrial, home and medical and environmental purposes. Those include removing organic impurities in plating processes (industrial,) treating some poisonings and overdoses (medical) and as an absorption…
(Video) Watch a King Snake Take On a Rattlesnake – Let’s See Who Wins!
Warning: If watching two snakes engage in a pretty amazing but gruesome death match makes you squeamish, this is not the post for you. Also, if you ever do observe this type of event, particularly if one of the animals is a rattlesnake, please use common sense and make sure you do not become a…
Why it’s Vital to Not Only Have the Knowledge But to Put Those Skills to Use
If you have the slightest interest in things outdoors or pertaining to survival, the chances are better than even that you have a book or books dealing with an array of subjects related to your interest. Those are valuable – they show you how in a perfect world stuff should work. But they are only…
Discover the Truth as to Whether Faraday Cages Will Work in the Case of an EMP:
Faraday cages are one way of ensuring your electronic devices work should we ever be subjected to an Electromagnetic Pulse. The concept of a Faraday Cage is to provide an enclave of metal or metal mesh to block the electric fields created by a solar event or by a manmade pulse event, such as a…
Fishing Gear 2017 – What Everyone Wetting a Line Should Consider Purchasing
Each new fishing season means different things to each and every fisherman. For some, it is all about the fishing. Others people tend to treasure the temporary solitude from an otherwise busy and noisy life. For a fortunate few, fishing season means traveling across the country to try out new fishing spots or breaking in…
Alert: Our Cell Phones Are Spying on Us! Learn 4 Ways to Block a Cell Phone and Prevent Being Monitored
Technology has provided us with a lot of opportunities that even as recently as the early 2000’s we did not possess. Smartphones allow us to check email, interact on social media, check the news, watch television, live events and videos – pretty much you name it and there is an App for it. But with…
(Video) Barefoot Old-timer Built an Underground House for Only $50. Unbelievable!
When someone mentions a bug-out shelter, most people immediately think of an above ground structure. One obstacle to building an above ground structure for a lot of people is cost. What few people consider is building an underground shelter. If they do, that assumed costs and access to light generally turns them off. By being…
Excellent Suppressors and Why it’s Time for Survivalists to Consider One
Not too long ago, a person purchasing a silencer or suppressor needed one for one purpose and the purpose was not something that you discussed with polite dinner company. To purchase one legally, you had to jump through hoops and convince interested parties that you were not needing such equipment for offing business partners, ex-spouses…
8 Natural Antibiotics Our Grandparents Took Advantage Of
Preparing a property “sickness kit,” beyond a basic first aid kit, for a survival situation can be a challenge. This is particularly true if you are talking about antibiotics. Not only are antibiotics, difficult to procure without a prescription in the USA, they also have a shelf life, so a robust inventory management system is…
9 Skills Everyone Should Take the Time to Master
There are many elements to being able to successfully make it through a survival situation. Depending on the severity of the crisis you face, each of those elements – presence of mind, preparation, innovation, adaptability, flexibility and fitness are all vital keys to ensuring you have what you need to power through safely and as…
Affordable Alarms and Early Warning Systems Every Survivalist Should Consider Investing In
In almost any survival scenario, if it is dire enough, one constant risk is that eventually the unprepared prey on the prepared. Even in everyday life, there is a risk that burglars and thieves will attempt to enter your property or home. In fact, there were over 1.5 million burglaries in the USA in 2016,…
5 Ways to Track Wild Animals Besides Using Traps
Tracking is a skill that most of us have never bothered to learn, much less learn well, but in a survival situation, it is a key element of increasing your odds in securing a food source. Contrary to what you see on hunting shows on television, game – large or small – do not usually…
3 Ingenious Ways to Fund a Survival Bunker Without Breaking the Bank
One of the most difficult questions every person interested in preparation for a disaster or survival in a doomsday scenario is how far to go. Do you go all out and plan to be one of the only surviving humans on earth after stuff hits the fan? Or do you figure if it gets that…
5 Home Security Tips That Without a Shadow of a Doubt Will Beat a Burglar
Part of making sure that your home and household can have a chance at being safe in a survival situation is making sure you are prepared beforehand. One aspect of that is making sure your house and property are secure – at all times – before and after a survival situation. That means making sure…